Product Management Job Trends

Product Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Product Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 243 292 296
Rank change year-on-year +49 +4 -114
Permanent jobs citing Product Management 544 577 556
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.09% 0.85% 1.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.25% 1.03% 1.12%
Number of salaries quoted 241 281 445
10th Percentile £42,080 £42,608 £46,025
25th Percentile £56,250 £55,000 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,047 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.07% - -
75th Percentile £87,500 £82,750 £82,820
90th Percentile £116,250 £96,250 £104,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% - +11.83%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Product Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 43,588 55,894 49,619
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 86.96% 82.57% 93.88%
Number of salaries quoted 26,305 29,396 38,125
10th Percentile £28,250 £33,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,500 £45,000 £43,969
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,750 £54,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.43% +2.86% -

Product Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Product Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Product Management job vacancy trend in the UK

Product Management
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Product Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Product Management

Product Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Product Management over the 6 months to 6 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Product Management in the UK

Product Management
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Product Management within the UK over the 6 months to 6 November 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +58 483 £70,000 - 817
London +90 252 £80,000 +3.23% 440
UK excluding London -5 247 £62,500 -3.85% 524
Work from Home -21 149 £70,000 +7.69% 372
South East +16 95 £62,500 +4.17% 292
North of England -12 42 £75,000 +7.14% 93
Midlands -6 35 £64,000 -8.57% 45
East of England +47 29 £73,500 +1.38% 25
West Midlands +24 22 £56,218 -16.71% 20
North West +9 22 £67,500 -3.57% 46
South West +15 20 £62,500 +19.05% 11
Yorkshire +18 19 £82,500 +18.87% 25
Northern Ireland +7 14 - - 12
East Midlands -8 11 £80,000 +14.29% 24
Scotland -3 9 £42,000 -29.33% 38
Wales +1 3 £52,500 -15.01% 10
North East -2 1 - - 22

Product Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 18 (3.31%) Confluence
2 6 (1.10%) CMS
2 6 (1.10%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.18%) CICS
4 1 (0.18%) Mule
4 1 (0.18%) WordPress
Applications
1 16 (2.94%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (2.02%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (1.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.92%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.55%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.37%) Trello
7 1 (0.18%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 15 (2.76%) Payment Gateway
2 13 (2.39%) Dynamics CRM
3 9 (1.65%) Shopify
4 6 (1.10%) SAP S/4HANA
5 5 (0.92%) Maximo
6 4 (0.74%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.18%) CiviCRM
7 1 (0.18%) Oracle SCM
7 1 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.18%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 95 (17.46%) Azure
2 81 (14.89%) SaaS
3 69 (12.68%) AWS
4 49 (9.01%) GCP
5 34 (6.25%) PaaS
6 30 (5.51%) Vertex AI
7 29 (5.33%) Azure DevOps
8 19 (3.49%) Azure AI
9 14 (2.57%) Power Platform
10 13 (2.39%) H2O.ai
10 13 (2.39%) OpenShift
11 11 (2.02%) GitHub
12 8 (1.47%) GitHub Actions
13 7 (1.29%) Dynamics 365
14 6 (1.10%) Microsoft 365
15 5 (0.92%) Google Analytics
15 5 (0.92%) IaaS
16 4 (0.74%) Azure Machine Learning
16 4 (0.74%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
16 4 (0.74%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.84%) Broadband
2 8 (1.47%) 5G
3 7 (1.29%) PSTN
4 6 (1.10%) Ethernet
5 5 (0.92%) DNS
5 5 (0.92%) Kerberos
5 5 (0.92%) Wireless
6 4 (0.74%) LAN
6 4 (0.74%) WAN
6 4 (0.74%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (0.55%) Network Security
8 2 (0.37%) Firewall
8 2 (0.37%) GPRS
8 2 (0.37%) HTTP
8 2 (0.37%) LTE
8 2 (0.37%) Modbus
8 2 (0.37%) SAN
8 2 (0.37%) SD-WAN
8 2 (0.37%) Software-Defined Networking
8 2 (0.37%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (4.23%) Relational Database
2 20 (3.68%) NoSQL
2 20 (3.68%) PostgreSQL
3 19 (3.49%) Metadata
4 18 (3.31%) Data Mining
5 17 (3.13%) RDBMS
6 14 (2.57%) Data Lake
7 9 (1.65%) Power BI
8 8 (1.47%) KDB
8 8 (1.47%) Kdb+
8 8 (1.47%) SAP HANA
9 7 (1.29%) SQL Server
10 6 (1.10%) SAP BW
11 5 (0.92%) MongoDB
12 4 (0.74%) Amazon Athena
12 4 (0.74%) Data Warehouse
13 2 (0.37%) Electronic Patient Records
13 2 (0.37%) Tableau
14 1 (0.18%) Big Data
14 1 (0.18%) Data Vault
Development Applications
1 42 (7.72%) JIRA
2 7 (1.29%) TeamCity
3 5 (0.92%) Jenkins
3 5 (0.92%) Spinnaker
4 4 (0.74%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 4 (0.74%) ERwin
4 4 (0.74%) YouTrack
5 3 (0.55%) PowerDesigner
6 2 (0.37%) Bazaar
6 2 (0.37%) Jaeger
7 1 (0.18%) ER Studio
7 1 (0.18%) Selenium
7 1 (0.18%) WebDriver
General
1 217 (39.89%) Social Skills
2 182 (33.46%) Finance
3 120 (22.06%) Marketing
4 109 (20.04%) Analytical Skills
5 80 (14.71%) Law
6 61 (11.21%) Legal
7 49 (9.01%) Retail
8 48 (8.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 37 (6.80%) Banking
10 36 (6.62%) Manufacturing
11 35 (6.43%) Electronics
12 30 (5.51%) Public Sector
13 26 (4.78%) Financial Institution
14 24 (4.41%) Telecoms
15 23 (4.23%) Presentation Skills
16 20 (3.68%) Influencing Skills
17 15 (2.76%) Billing
18 12 (2.21%) Digital Economy
19 11 (2.02%) Games
20 9 (1.65%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 144 (26.47%) Product Manager
2 101 (18.57%) Lead
3 74 (13.60%) Senior
4 29 (5.33%) Architect
4 29 (5.33%) Senior Manager
5 28 (5.15%) Product Owner
6 23 (4.23%) Security Engineer
7 21 (3.86%) Senior Product Manager
8 20 (3.68%) Developer
9 17 (3.13%) Product Lead
10 16 (2.94%) Product Delivery Manager
11 15 (2.76%) Software Engineer
12 13 (2.39%) Digital Product Manager
12 13 (2.39%) Lead Software Engineer
12 13 (2.39%) Python Developer
12 13 (2.39%) Technical Support
13 12 (2.21%) Backend Developer
13 12 (2.21%) Python Engineer
13 12 (2.21%) Python Software Engineer
14 11 (2.02%) E-Commerce Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (4.04%) YAML
2 18 (3.31%) REST
3 17 (3.13%) Flask
4 13 (2.39%) Keras
4 13 (2.39%) PyTorch
4 13 (2.39%) TensorFlow
5 11 (2.02%) FastAPI
6 9 (1.65%) Node.js
7 7 (1.29%) .NET
7 7 (1.29%) EDI
8 6 (1.10%) React
9 5 (0.92%) Django
9 5 (0.92%) SAP Fiori
9 5 (0.92%) SAPUI5
10 4 (0.74%) JSON
10 4 (0.74%) OAuth
10 4 (0.74%) SAML
10 4 (0.74%) SOAP
10 4 (0.74%) XML
11 3 (0.55%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 80 (14.71%) Product Ownership
2 51 (9.38%) Onboarding
3 38 (6.99%) Management Information System
4 34 (6.25%) Self-Motivation
5 22 (4.04%) Data Centre
5 22 (4.04%) Security Posture
6 19 (3.49%) Algorithms
7 18 (3.31%) AI Agents
8 15 (2.76%) Cloud Native
9 14 (2.57%) Mobile App
10 13 (2.39%) Driving Licence
10 13 (2.39%) Public Cloud
11 12 (2.21%) Social Media
12 9 (1.65%) Derivative
13 8 (1.47%) Tandem
14 7 (1.29%) Analytical Mindset
15 6 (1.10%) NHS
15 6 (1.10%) SWIFT Messaging Network
15 6 (1.10%) Virtual Team
15 6 (1.10%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 8 (1.47%) Linux
1 8 (1.47%) Windows
2 2 (0.37%) AIX
2 2 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 2 (0.37%) Unix
2 2 (0.37%) Windows Server
2 2 (0.37%) Windows Server 2019
3 1 (0.18%) Android
3 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.18%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 258 (47.43%) Roadmaps
2 233 (42.83%) Agile
3 141 (25.92%) Problem-Solving
4 123 (22.61%) Product Strategy
5 106 (19.49%) Product Roadmap
6 101 (18.57%) Analytics
7 90 (16.54%) AI
8 87 (15.99%) Continuous Improvement
9 86 (15.81%) Computer Science
10 79 (14.52%) User Experience
11 78 (14.34%) DevOps
11 78 (14.34%) Stakeholder Management
12 71 (13.05%) Coaching
13 70 (12.87%) Value Proposition
14 67 (12.32%) Machine Learning
15 66 (12.13%) Decision-Making
16 64 (11.76%) Customer Service
17 63 (11.58%) B2B
17 63 (11.58%) Mentoring
18 61 (11.21%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 52 (9.56%) Python
2 44 (8.09%) SQL
3 22 (4.04%) PowerShell
4 16 (2.94%) Java
5 6 (1.10%) C#
5 6 (1.10%) Go
6 5 (0.92%) JavaScript
7 4 (0.74%) TypeScript
8 3 (0.55%) Bash
8 3 (0.55%) C++
9 2 (0.37%) PL/SQL
9 2 (0.37%) Scala
10 1 (0.18%) COBOL
10 1 (0.18%) Groovy
10 1 (0.18%) JCL
10 1 (0.18%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.18%) MATLAB
10 1 (0.18%) PHP
10 1 (0.18%) SHACL
Qualifications
1 132 (24.26%) Degree
2 62 (11.40%) Computer Science Degree
3 49 (9.01%) Master's Degree
4 26 (4.78%) Security Cleared
5 18 (3.31%) SC Cleared
6 9 (1.65%) AWS Certification
6 9 (1.65%) Azure Certification
7 7 (1.29%) CSPO
7 7 (1.29%) DV Cleared
7 7 (1.29%) PMI Certification
7 7 (1.29%) PMP
8 5 (0.92%) MBA
9 4 (0.74%) CISSP
9 4 (0.74%) SAP Certification
10 3 (0.55%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (0.55%) CISM
10 3 (0.55%) CITP
10 3 (0.55%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.37%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 2 (0.37%) Dell Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (6.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 34 (6.25%) QA
2 27 (4.96%) NIST
3 22 (4.04%) NCSC
4 20 (3.68%) Data Quality
5 17 (3.13%) Accessibility
6 10 (1.84%) GDPR
7 7 (1.29%) SLA
8 6 (1.10%) SEPA
9 5 (0.92%) ISO 20022
9 5 (0.92%) ISO 8583
9 5 (0.92%) PCI DSS
10 4 (0.74%) IFRS
10 4 (0.74%) PSD2
11 2 (0.37%) COREP
11 2 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.37%) FINREP
11 2 (0.37%) PMO
12 1 (0.18%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.18%) HL7
System Software
1 18 (3.31%) Docker
2 7 (1.29%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.29%) Virtual Machines
2 7 (1.29%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (1.29%) vSphere
3 2 (0.37%) Firmware
3 2 (0.37%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.37%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.18%) RACF
Systems Management
1 20 (3.68%) Terraform
2 19 (3.49%) Kubernetes
3 7 (1.29%) Ansible
4 4 (0.74%) Puppet
4 4 (0.74%) Salt
4 4 (0.74%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.37%) Argo
5 2 (0.37%) Kustomize
5 2 (0.37%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.37%) WSUS
6 1 (0.18%) CSIRT
6 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
6 1 (0.18%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 89 (16.36%) Microsoft
2 56 (10.29%) Google
3 26 (4.78%) Databricks
4 23 (4.23%) SAP
5 22 (4.04%) Foundry
5 22 (4.04%) Salesforce
6 15 (2.76%) Dell
6 15 (2.76%) OpenAI
7 13 (2.39%) NVIDIA
8 11 (2.02%) Oracle
9 7 (1.29%) VMware
10 6 (1.10%) Zoho
11 5 (0.92%) Manugistics
12 4 (0.74%) Vertica
13 3 (0.55%) Adobe
13 3 (0.55%) Apple
13 3 (0.55%) Hotjar
13 3 (0.55%) Sage
14 2 (0.37%) Facebook
14 2 (0.37%) Fujitsu